A totally different pace today - we were driven three minutes down the road in the truck to walk onto a local ferry that took us across the harbour entrance to the main ferry terminal for Dar Es Saleem. Here we boarded our ferry for Zanzibar. I nabbed us seats at the back in the upper deck so we could sit outside in shade and enjoy the ocean breeze. A leisurely 2 hours later, having appreciated how many people you can get in a Dhow to do fishing, we saw "Karibu Z...

Up early this morning for final drive to get us to Dar Es Saleem - our final one nighter of putting up tents before our 4 night sojourn in Zanzibar. Having completed nearly 4 weeks on the road with no incident - within 90 minutes of leaving camp we had seen 3 road accidents involving trucks. Quite what the issue with that stretch of road was we aren't sure. The final one was blocking traffic so David had to negotiate metal roads through a country village to get u...

Having had very little sleep due to loud party music and loud discussions outside our tent at 0245 we were up early to get ready. Today was a long drive with new people in the truck. First stop was for cash and supermarket. Then we had an 8 hour drive to get half way to Dar Es Salaam. We drove through some beautiful landscape. We thought we'd share observations today on the array of different architecture we have witnessed as we have driven around East Africa. ...

Early rising to get the truck packed up before our land rovers arrived at 0700 to take us for a game drive in the Ngorongorongo Crater. First we had to go to the Ranger's HQ as there was something wrong with the paperwork. Given that we are in our 4th week travelling through Africa we think this is pretty good going! It took 45 minutes to sort out. We both loved the crater, we thought it was stunning. Every turning seemed to open a whole new change in Eco-syste...

The early morning game drive saw another hyena and we got to see two lionesses sitting on top of a termite mound with their five cubs. Magic. Lunch was leisurely held at the gate between the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongorongo Conservation Area. We climbed to the top of the kopje (distinctive rocky formations in the midst of the sea of grass). The view was endless. During the afternoon we had a long drive across the endless sea of grass and onto the ...